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THE FIRST STEP.

The Citizens Committee is to meet to
organize tonight. This step is one of the
highest importance to Sacramento. The
trust confided to these gentlemen is one of
which they should feel proud 1t is dis
tinction that men may well esteem highly.
The hour is striking for Sacramento,
and it remains only TO be seen if she will
respond Or let slip her opportunity. She
has been content for years with good
commerce and growing trade; she has
been content with being the Capital, and
enjoying the surface ripple of State
Fair and a Legislature now and then.
But she should no more be content until
her commerce has doubled, her trade
quadrupled and her population twice over
increased its total.
To accomplish these things many
methods may be proposed, all doubtless
good; but the most direct and practical
should be the first to be tried. That, we
believe, is the speedy settlement of the
outside region, to be promoted contempo-
raneously with such internal improve
ments as it is possible to lead the people
up to.
While it is desirable to secure at the
earliest possible moment the opening up
to small holdings of the great land grants
upon our north border: while no legit-
innate means should be spared to that end,
it will be the hight of folly to concentrate
all effort in that direction to the neglect
of as broad and a more fertile section upon
the east and south, large tracts of which
are ready for subdivision, and will accom-
modate thousands of new homes, ard
await only organized activity TO realize
tho c,,bI
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GOV. "Fx IA Billy SMITH.
A Few Facts Concerning His Life in Cal
iforn!a and Elsewhere


The New York Herald of the 10Th inst.
announces the death at his home in War
renton, Virginia, May 18th, of x-Goyernor
William Smith, of that State, Familiarity
known as Extra Billy Smith, in his Goth
year. For three score and ten years he has
been very prominently identified with State
and national politics, and excelled as de-
batter upon the hastings. He was twice
Governor of his native State, his second
term covering the notable last years of the
civil war. At the age of 63 he entered the
Confederate army, and distinguished him
self for his sublime daring on the battle
field. He was badly wounded at Sharps-
burg, and afterwards made Brigadier-Gen-
eral, achieving tor himself and his brigade
great distinction.
In April, 1850, Governor Smith sailed for
California, and on reaching San Francisco
announced himself ready for legal practice
He was without previous notice to him or
solicitation on his part made President of
the first Democratic State Convention held
in the new State David Brodei lex. after
ward United States Senator from Califoi-
MIA, became jealous of Mr.. Smiths influ-
ence in the party. The quarrel resulted in
duel. between Broderick and James Caleb
Smith, a son of the Governor, who had
preceded his father in emigrating TO the
new Ell Dorado. 1t took place at Sacra-
mento and was witnessed by 5000 people,
Governor Smith being one of the spectators.
According to the rules of the code each
was to surrender all articles from his pock-
cts. Broderick, drawing his watch from
his fob-pocket, offered to surrender that if
Smith so desired, but Smith intimating
that it was immaterial, Broderick restored
it to his fob. Smith put four balls through
Brodericks watch, and cut the chain with
another. Smith was untouched, and Brod-
erick uniDjured. The watch was hung I'D
in public place in Sacramento.
Governor Smith returned to Virginia in
the autumn of 1852 He was given the
profix Extra Billy" while he was mail
carrier between Washington city and
Milledgeville, Ga, an enterprise beginning
in 1881, in which he amassed a snug for
tune. In 1884 noted attack was made
upon the Administration by W. T. Barry,
then Postmaster-GeneTal. In the rapid de-
velopment of the postal facilities of the
Southern country the expenditures of the
department were largely increased. In
the blue book or official register of the
United States Government, the salaries or
compensations of its officers, or contractors
compensations, for instance, of additional
service ordered to be performed, is indi-
Gated by an asterisk. Every extra allow
ance beyond the stipulations of the original
contract was thus designated. As the route
of Mr.. Smith was one of rapid develop
ment, his entries of service were album
dainty thus marked. The service was
noted in debate by United States Senator
Benjamin Watkins Leigh from Virginia,
who, without calling the name of Mr.
Smith, yet affixed upon him the lifelong
sobriquet of Extra Billy"
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In response TO an inquiry from the edi-
tor of the Marysville appeal, Prof. Ira G.
Hoitt, State Superintendent of Public In
struction, has sent the following letter:
In answer to your inquiry, How
many textbooks of each kind have been
manufactured aud distributed ?n the fol-
lowing is my statement: First readers,
printed, IS 600; distributed, STA; on hand.
IL $50. Second readers, printed 10000;
distributed, 1850; on hand, q 40. Third
readers, printed, % 600: distributed. 1925:
on hand. 2i.S75. Spoilers, printed. 40 600;
distributed, 2910; on hand, $1,000. Of the
10000 books printed there are still on
hand 12s, 29l. We have received from
County Superintendent OF those counties
which will require books for the year com
mencing July 1. 1887, estimates of books
needed prior TO January /, 1855, as follows
Total number OF readers and spoilers, Io3,-
49l; surplus on hand January /, 1855. a.
$50. Twenty-Five thousand copies of the
advanced arithmetic have been printed,
and are now in The bindery, and Is 600
copies additional of the second readers are
in press. The State Board do not intend to
allow the supply of any book manufact-
ured under their supervision to become ex-
hausted
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Sacramento Deserves to Prosper.

The boom is prevailing in Sacramento
just now, but it is not an unfamiliar visitor
The Capital has not always enjoyed rush
of prosperity, but considering the obstacles
it has had to surmount-its sieges of debris
and flood and the Legislature-it has been
one of the most enterprising cities of the
State. Its business men have always been
wIdeawake, and even when there has been
little money IN circulation they have sue
cceded in catching their share of it. Sacra-
mento deserves to prosper.-S. 7. Post.
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ro-DAY's LEADING NEWS TOPICS.

The statue of General Stedman was unveiled
at Toledo, o., yesterday.
Baldwin's horse Volante won the Merchants
stake at Latonia, Ky, yesterday.
1t is thought that Justice Field VIII retire
from the Supreme bench next year.
The condition of Crown Prince Frederick
William of Germany is such as to cause alarm.
A plot to kill the Sultan of Turkey has been
discovered.
The fire in Paris on Wednesday night turns
out to have beena terrible affair Probably two
hundred lives were lost.
Indignation in Colusa is increasing over the
villainous ISLANDERS of the Chinese murderer,
Hong Di, regarding his victim, Mrs. Billion.
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NOTICED.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

" WHOM II MAY CONCERN ::
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Boards of Directors of the following named
companies, at a meeting duly called and held
for that purpose have, in pursuance Of the laws
of the State of California, agreed and voted to
consolidate, and did consolidate their capital
stock, debts, property, assets and franchises upon
the terms of such agreement to wit Santa
Cruz and FELTON, Railroad Company, South Pa
cific Coast Railroad Company, Bay and Coast
Railroad Company, Oakland Township Rail
road Company, san Francisco and Colorado
River Railroad Company, FELTON, and Pescadero
Railroad Company and Almaden Branch Rail
road Company into q new and consolidated
company named and to be called SOUTH PA
CIFIC COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, as viii
more fully appearby the Articles of Agreement
and the new Articles of Incorporation, dated
May u, 1857, and fled in the Office OF the Sec
rotary of State of the State Of California.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
CHARLES s. NEAL
Secretary Santa Cruz and Fell
ton Railroad Company.
CHARLES S. NEAL,
Secretary South Pacific Coast
Railroad Company.
CHARLES s. NEAL.
Secretary Bay and Coast Rail
road Company.
CHARLES S. NEAL,
Secretary Oakland Township
Railroad Company.
CHARLES s. NEAL,
Secretary san Francisco and
Colorado River Railroad
Company.
CHARLES S. NEAL,
sec-etary FELTON, and Pescs-
dero Railroad Company.
CHARLES s. NEAL,
Secretary Almaden Branch
my24 If Railroad Company.
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TRANSPORTATION OF FRUIT. = The San
Francisco Post says The fruit-growars are
greatly encouraged over the prospect of
getting good prices for their products
throughout the summer The rates are
500 per car for ten-car lots to Chicago.
Buffalo or New York. The single car tariff
is S625 to New York and $500 to Chicago.
with express train time guaranteed. This
Schedule is expected to prevail during the
fruit season if the Interstate Commerce
Commission will consent 10 another sus-
pension of the long and short haul clauses.
At these figures handsome profit is made
on every pound of fruit sent across the
mountains. The first car of sprico;s
reached Chicago in fine condition Wednes-
day, and the entire lot readily brought from
81 TO s. 20 per box. At the same time
cherries sold at from 81 20 TO 3 % per box
and s. 10 s. 80 per crate. The officers of
the Union expect to have trains running
daily before the grape season begins. Sew
eral trains each day will start after that
time.
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NOTICE .
To Whom it May Concern.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
Board of Directors of the following named
Companies, at meetings held for that purpose
VOTED to consolidate and did consolidate
their capital stocks, debts, property, assets and
franchises, to wit: Riverside, Santa Ana and
Los Angeles Railway Company; San Bernardino
and Los Angeles Railway Company, San
Bernardino Valley Railway Company, San
Jacinto Valley Railway Company, Los Angeles
and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Company,
Los Angeles and Santa Monica Railroad Com
pany, San Bernardino and San Diego Railway
Company and the San Diego Central Railroad
Company, by articles of agreement, dated
APRIL %, 1887, the Company formed by such
consolidation is named and to be called the
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL RAILWAY COM
PANY.
By order Of the Boards OF Directors.
C. W. SMITH,
Vice-President of the River
side, Santa Ana and Los
Angeles Railway Company.
c W. SMITH.
Vice-Presidenf of San Bern
ardino and Los Angeles
Railway Company.
C. W. SMITH,
Vice-President San Bernar-
dino Valley Railway Com
pany.
C. W. SMITH,
Vice-President San Jacinto
Valley Railway Company.
C. ". SMITH,
Vice-President Los Angeles
and San Gabriel Valley
Railroad Company.
s. D. NORTHCUTT,
Vice-President Los Angeles
and Santa Monica Railroad
Company.
C. W. SMITH,
Yice-President San Bernar-
dino and San Diego Rail
way Company.
C. w. SMITH,
Vice President san Diego
ap25-2p30t Central Railroad Company
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Mr.. Bee, for the. horrible crime of Hong
Di. Mr.. Bee is an oaacious and self
opinionated Representative of nation that
deems our civilization infinitely inferior
to that Of China, and Mr.. Bee evidently
has accepted that judgment as sound,
though it involves insult to people of his
own blood
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For nearly
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SHARING Loss AS WELL As PROFIT

Referring to Mayor Hewitt's PROPOSE
ton TO the workmen in his iron works at
Trenton, which have latterly been run at
a loss, to take the establishment and
operate it, the New York Tribune saws
that the first thing to face the workers
will be the reduction of wages they must
impose upon themselves. This goes to
the marrow of the question, and brings
the employe face 70 face with the fact that
the employer assumes far greater risks and
responsibilities than the employe. The
latter has his specific duty to do, and be-
yond that bears none of the burdens of the
venture. As the Tribune pointedly
puts it:
The employer must put himself in competi
tion with the whole trade or line of production
IN which he is engaged; must study the markets
not only of his country, but the world must
calculate not only certain and inevitable ex-
penses, but casual and contingent ones must
be on the alert to take instant advantage of
business opportunities must have the history
OF his raw material at his fingers ends must
know where to buy best and cheapest must
study distribution as well as production The
second has no 2nXieties or requirements out
SIDE the narrow range of his mechanical duties
HIS income is steady and safe. He is far less
sensitive TO the fluctuations ST the MAJ ket than
ms employer. He rule is so little in touch
with the industry by which he lives that when
crises happen and il Deco ues necessary to re-
duee wages, nine times out of ten he Jumps to
the conclusion that the reduction is the result
OF parsimony instead of necessity, and SO he
drifts Ito cdlamitous strikes
Cooperation of labor viii avoid these
results In that relation worknaen will
be brougii; to full realization of all the
irvolvemenis to which a business Is sub
jeet, and they will be thus more given 10
economy in the operation OF an industry,
and made more energetic in carrying it
on. More than half the friction between
employer and employee is due TO the fact
that the latter fails to understand or TO
make himself intelligent upon the subject
of the business and the cares and response
bilities it imposes upon It's conductor.
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Land Office Matters.

The following business was transacted in the
United States Land Office in this city yesterday
Final proof-IIugh II. Waters. jackson, Anna
dor county D. s., SSi2; rejected.
Appeals-Jas.- IL. Grail Jackson, Amador
county, from decision of Register and Receiver
rejecting final proof; transmitted to G. L. o.
James Hodge ct al, Placerville. FL Dorado
county, from decision of Register rejecting
mineral application as in conflict with grant TO
c. z. K. K. Co.; transmitted to g. l.. O.
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Saws many sufferer al have the blues
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.

The REcoRD-UE !: the only paper on
tie coast, osttSide OF SoTs Francisco, that re-
&c yes The full Associated Pres; dispatches from
az parts Of the World. Outside of San Fran
CISCO il has no competition, IN point Of mum.
bers, 5n its home and genera! circulation
tir nlqhOsss the coast.
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Hardened Liver.

Five years ago l broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism.
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my limbs were pulled up and filed with
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All the best physicians agreed that moth
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J. W. MoREY. Buffalo, Oct. l, 1884.
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SAN FRANCISCO AGENCIES.

The paper is for sale at the following places
h. P. Fisher, Room Il. Merchants Exchange,
who is also Sole Advertising Agent for San
Francisco: Grand and Palace Hotel News
Stands: Market-street Ferry and junction OF
Market and Montgomery street News Stands.
kR- Also, for sale on all Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
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GENERAL NOTICES.


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The total eclipse Of the sun on August
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the Baltic to eastern Siberia. Astronomers
from the United States. England. Russia,
Germany. Italy and France are arranging
to observe the pEenom enon from 81 least
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Bartlett Springs
Thursday. the I'd day Of InnH. 1897.
Administrators Sale Of Real Estate.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, IL AND FOR
l. the county of Sacramento, in the state of
California. In the matter of the estate OF ST.
SAUNA A. AVERY, deceased. Notice ishereby
given that under and in pursuance of an order
of sale made aud entered in the Superior Court
of the State of California, in and for the county
of Sacramento on the 18th day Of April, 1897
will, on FRIDAY, the 9th day of MAY, 1857, az
10 o'clock A. NJ. at the front door of the Court
house in the city of sacramento, Cal, sell st
public auction, TO the highest and best bidder.
all the right, title and interest OF SUSANNAH
A. AVERY, deceased, and al the interest Of her
estate Of in and to that real property known as
the north half Of the south halt Of Lot No. ],
and the north quarter Of the south half Of Lot
No 2, 10 the block or square bounded by / and
J, and Second and Third streets, in the city of
sacramento. Cal. Terms OF sale-Cash in gold
coin of the United States; ten per cent. payable
upon day of sale, balance upon continuation Of
sale by said Superior Court
VIZ. AVERY,
Administrator Of the estate of susannsh A.
Avery, deceasz5
GROVE L. JOHNSON, Attorney for Estate
Dated Sacramento, May 2, 1887.
MOTTO The above sale is hereby postponed
until FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1887, at same hour and
place
May "a, 1887.
my3-td WILLIAM AVERY, Administrator.
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hamburger Wurst, Fresh Ranch Butter.
Picnic Baskets, at F. BAUMtL'S, rs St. apl9
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Carriage Painting by j. L. Parmeter, at
9l6 and 9lS Eleventh street, between 1 and ]. If
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TWO STEAMERS AND BARGE Will. con-
4 vey the excursi1nists to and from the
grounds, thereby assuring return to the city
before shutdown. Games of all kinds will be
held aud liberal prizes offered. Boats leave foot
of n street at $50 clock sharp. Ii. G. my27-td
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SUPERIOR COURT.
Department one-Armstronc.

THURSDAY, May 26th.
p. S. Lawson VS.. Pacific Coast Fire and Water
Proof Paint Company-0n trial.
Department TwO-Van Fleet.